Asked what music she wanted to play on her second solo album, she shot back: "Scarlatti!". And yet Claire Huangci is known as a consummate...continue...
Recording information: Sendesaal Bremen (07/14/2014-07/18/2014)....continue...

After their great success with the live recording of Bach's Christmas Oratorio, the Chamber Choir and ensemble frauenkirche directed by their Kantor Matthias Grünert present...continue...
Recording information: Dresdner Frauenkirche (07/05/2014)....continue...

Ramón Ortega Quero is an exceptional musician, even when judged by the highest standards. He combines dazzling technical and musical expertise with a seductively infectious...continue...
Recording information: München, Himmelfahrtskirche (Sendling) (01/07/2014-01/10/2014)....continue...

On their Berlin Classics debut album Wild Territories, the ECHO-winning group Spark pursues the development of its wholly personal sound in the space between post-classical,...continue...
Recording information: Kleine Audiowelt, Sandhausen (09/2013/08/2014)....continue...

Concentration to the nth degree - Bach goes to the heart of the cello and speaks to us in a pure, clear voice; always on...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studios Berlin (11/2012/11/2013)....continue...

A new spin on the familiar, as the Concerto Ko¨ln have again incorporated new perspectives on preexisting ideas into Bach's compendium of Baroque orchestral literature....continue...
Recording information: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Köln....continue...

Vocal Concert Dresden, an ensemble famous for its aural clarity and warmth of tone, has ventured to make a selection of hymns in settings ranging...continue...
Recording information: Kirche Alt-Leisnig zu Polditz, Saxony, Germany (04/27/2013-05/01/2013)....continue...

Dresden has always been a place for celebration, both in the golden Baroque era and today. Only recently did Hartmut Haenchen, who was born in...continue...
Recording information: Konzerthaus, Berlin, Germany (11/23/2003)....continue...

From the time of the Renaissance, young men would take educational tours to improve their language skills, visit famous monuments, and learn foreign customs. Many...continue...
Recording information: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem (02/19/2012-02/23/2012)....continue...

The aroma of coffee links East and West in a mysteriously sensual manner. Equally sensual are the sounds of the Pera Ensemble, and their latest...continue...
Recording information: CRR Istanbul (2011).

Several musicians, including Jordi Savall, have tried to get a grip on the substantial musical interchange between western Europe and the Ottoman Tur...continue...

The transcendent atmosphere of the Kreuzchor Vespers draws a congregation of up to 3,000 to the Kreuzkirche in Dresden. The Dresden Kreuzchor has recorded a...continue...
Recording information: Himmelfahrtskirche Dresden (2008-06-16_2008-06-20&2009-); Lukaskirche, Dresden (2008-06-16_2008-06-20&2009-); Himmelfahrtskirche Dresden (2009-03-23_2009-03-27&2010-); Lukaskirc...continue...

In the words of J. W. von Goethe, "Orient and Occident / Cannot be separated ("West-Eastern Divan"). These lines are embodied in the music of...continue...
Recording information: Saarbrücken (05/2010)....continue...

The idea of contrasting Johann Sebastian Bach and his sons through their clavier concertos exerts a particular fascination - high Baroque and early Classical confront...continue...
Recording information: Zürich, ZKO-Haus (06/21/2011-06/23/2011)....continue...

At the end of the church year, we remember those who have departed this life, whether by natural causes or through conflict, and allow ourselves...continue...
Recording information: Dresden, Lukaskirche (11/09/2009-11/13/2009)....continue...

Since its foundation in 1995, the Bell'arte Salzburg has endeavored to rediscover the rich Baroque culture of music in Salzburg. Led by Baroque violinist Annegret...continue...
Recording information: Forstern, Wallfahrtskirche Tading (07/20/2010-07/23/2010)....continue...

Ovrutsky's debut CD with Berlin Classics features him making music with his sister Sonya, and as the title suggests, this is a very personal album....continue...
Recording information: Köln, Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal (03/25/2010-03/28/2010)....continue...

This recording of choral works for Passiontide and Easter continues to follow the Dresden Kreuzchor through the Church year. The CD series presents works that...continue...
Recording information: Lukaskirche, Dresden (03/15/2010-03/19/2010)....continue...

Bach's Partitas for solo violin represent music at its highest level of concentration in addition to being one of music's greatest challenges. With this CD,...continue...
Recording information: Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Saal im Schloss Köthen (11/09/2009-11/12/2009)....continue...